West Midlands Ambulance Service sent two ambulances to the scene near the junction of the Trent and Mersey canal and Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal.

The canal in Great Haywood

A spokesman said: “When ambulance staff arrived they found a woman who had been pulled from the water and was being given CPR by bystanders.

“Ambulance staff took over to perform advanced life support on scene and managed to resuscitate her. The team quickly transferred her by land ambulance on blue lights to Royal Stoke University Hospital in a critical condition. Sadly, the woman died later in hospital.”